Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all
else follows.
Doesn't freedom also give you the right to say that 2+2=5?
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This reminds me of the Lincoln - Douglas presidential debates. I was
looking for a full version and didn't find it online, so I'll quote from
memory.
Lincoln: If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have?
Douglas: Five.
Lincoln: Four. You can call a tail a leg but that doesn't make it a leg.
There was never a President Douglas.
-Durova